Although the relationship between Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue had eased somewhat, there was still a great awkwardness between them.
Walking out of the Supreme Pontiff Palace, Qian Renxue immediately asked, "She didn't make things difficult for you, did she?"
"No." Shi Quan shook his head. "Your divine test seems to have gone smoothly?"
Qian Renxue's current Rank had already surpassed ninety-five, and judging by her aura, she had at least completed seven tests.
"It's alright." Qian Renxue nodded. "Did you ask her to give me that jade pendant?"
"Thanks."
"No problem."
"I haven't seen you in a while. I thought my strength was already strong enough, but now I realize I still can't see through yours."
"I just used some special means to hide it." Shi Quan continued to ask, "By the way, which test are you on now?"
"The eighth test. I'm confident I can complete the Angel Nine Tests in at most a year." Qian Renxue smiled sweetly. "You'll have to work hard then."
"That speed is indeed quite fast." Shi Quan nodded. "Lingling and the others should be about the same. You all work hard. As for me, I can only take my time."
Qian Renxue said generously, "I heard the God Realm is desolate and boring. I can wait for you. It'll be a companion."
"Haha, that works, but I'm afraid the God Realm won't be very welcoming to me."
"Not welcoming you? How could that be?" Qian Renxue looked puzzled.
"Becoming a God is still far off, we'll talk about it then..."
After chatting with Qian Renxue for half an hour, Shi Quan finally left Spirit City.
Sea God Island.
Ye Lingling held the Sea God Trident high in her hand. The Seagod Nine Trials' seventh test was successfully completed, and her Sea God affinity increased by another fifteen percent, bringing her total affinity directly to ninety-five percent.
Under the crushing power, Ye Lingling did not faint from excessive blood loss like Tang San.
Through Bo Saixi's introduction, Ye Lingling also gained a comprehensive understanding of the Sea God Trident and learned about the existence of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.
Because the eighth test was to kill the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, Cultivate her Martial Spirit to nine rings, and collect all Spirit Bones.
After knowing the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's strength, Ye Lingling's expression couldn't help but become serious. A million-year-level Spirit Beast, the difficulty of killing it was terrifying. With her current Rank ninety strength, she was clearly not an opponent. To defeat the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, she would at least have to wait until she broke through Rank ninety.
Leaving the Sea God Hall, Ye Lingling immediately announced the news that they could leave Sea God Island.
Yu Feng and the others had already traveled back to Sea Horse City. Hearing this news, they all showed excited expressions.
Now they only needed to wait for Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan to complete their seventh test before they could set off from Sea God Island and return to the Douluo Continent.
Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan's fifth assessment was to challenge a Titled Douluo. Both girls overfulfilled the task, each receiving a reward of two spirit power Ranks, going from eighty-five to eighty-seven. The sixth test was to last for the duration of an incense stick against Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi with Ye Lingling. With the perfect cooperation of the three girls, they also overfulfilled, receiving a reward of two spirit power Ranks, which brought them from eighty-seven to eighty-nine.
As for the two girls' seventh test, it was called the Trial of the Sea's Graveyard.
It was a separate test specifically for the two girls.
The location of this test was the Ocean Graveyard, situated directly beneath Sea God Island. It was the burial ground for Sea Soul Beasts after their death, containing abundant and pure energy, and also one of the energy sources for the Seven Sacred Pillars of Sea God Island.
In the Ocean Graveyard, they would be continuously assaulted by Sea Soul Beast Martial Spirits.
This trial not only honed their strength, but most importantly, tested the mental fortitude of the two girls.
After completing the sixth test, the two girls entered the Ocean Graveyard to begin their seventh test.
Even Bo Saixi could not determine exactly how long it would take the two girls to complete the seventh test. Ye Lingling, who had completed the seventh test first, could only wait.
While Ye Lingling was waiting, a blood-colored figure arrived at the foot of Sea God Mountain.
The arrival of this powerful aura naturally attracted the attention of many people, and Ye Lingling, as the Sea God's inheritor, naturally sensed it too.
She immediately rushed to Sea God Mountain, only to see a blood-colored figure tightly embracing Bo Saixi.
"Grand Priestess." Ye Lingling's figure paused in mid-air, then slowly descended. Feeling the pure Killing Intent emanating from the person in front of her, she had initially thought there was an external enemy invading.
"Lingling, he is an old acquaintance of mine. No need to be nervous."
This person was Tang Chen, who had come from the Douluo Continent.
It wasn't that Tang Chen was deliberately being so flamboyant, but rather that he himself had no control. The surging energy within his body was beyond his ability to control, which led to a powerful Killing Intent emanating from his every move.
Ye Lingling also saw that the person in front of her was not in a very good state. She nodded and turned to leave.
Tang Chen looked at the shining mark on Ye Lingling's forehead and the Sea God Trident in her hand, and the sorrow in his expression deepened. "I didn't expect that someone has already obtained the Sea God's Legacy, and the completion of the assessment is already so high. Does that not mean..."
"To be able to see you one last time in my final days, I am already content." Looking at Tang Chen in front of her, Bo Saixi's eyes held an unconcealed joy.
"Bo Saixi, I'm sorry. I've disappointed you." Tang Chen's voice was low.
"It's alright, let the past be the past."
"I thought I would never wake up, but I didn't expect to see you in these last moments." Blood tears appeared at the corners of Tang Chen's eyes, and his voice trembled, unsure if it was from joy or sorrow.
"What exactly happened all these years..." Bo Saixi tightly held Tang Chen's hand, completely disregarding the surging energy emanating from Tang Chen's body.
Tang Chen quickly adjusted his emotions, hugged Bo Saixi tightly, and began to recount his story.
His time was running out, and he wanted to say all the things he hadn't said to Bo Saixi in these final days.
One day, two days, three days.
Shi Quan had awakened Tang Chen earlier than Tang San did in the original work, so Tang Chen's condition was also better than in the original work, and he was able to last longer.
It continued until the fourth day.
The violently fluctuating blood-colored light around Tang Chen mysteriously gradually subsided. Tang Chen, who had already prepared to accept death, suddenly found his body stagnant at the brink of collapse. The Asura God's Legacy power within him had somehow subsided, maintaining the balance of his last sliver of Life.
Tang Chen subconsciously tried to control the energy within his body, but found that if he tried to control these chaotic energies even slightly, that last bit of balance would instantly collapse.
Perhaps the Asura God pitied his efforts, and so granted him a certain amount of time at the very end.
After understanding this, Tang Chen cherished this last bit of time even more.
Five days, six days... until fifteen days later.
The sea surface beneath Sea God Mountain began to boil violently.
"Top Eight Tests, the seventh test, the Trial of the Sea's Graveyard, overfulfilled. Reward doubled. Reward two spirit power Ranks, and all spirit ring years increased by a thousand years."
Two figures leaped out from beneath the sea.
It was Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan.
The moment Zhu Zhuqing's figure emerged from the seabed, the red light around Tang Chen at the foot of Sea God Mountain seemed to be stimulated, and a terrifying Killing Intent surged forth.
"Who!" A terrifying Killing Intent also erupted from Zhu Zhuqing's body, and the blood-red Slaughter God Domain spewed out like a mountain of blades and a sea of blood.
The two blood-colored lights intertwined, then strangely merged.
Pfft!
Tang Chen seemed to be stimulated, and he violently spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
"Tang Chen!" Bo Saixi's face suddenly changed. She hadn't expected such a sudden accident. Just as she was about to intervene and cut off the connection, Tang Chen pulled her back.
"Asura! What a good Asura, hahaha, so that's how it is, so that's how it is."
The energy around Tang Chen became increasingly wild, and the powerful energy fluctuations made everything around him tremble. A blood-colored longsword uncontrollably appeared in Tang Chen's hand, continuously overflowing with streaks of blood-red light.
The slender and broad sword body was densely covered with dark golden demonic patterns, and the entirely blood-red longsword was filled with an extremely sharp Killing Intent.
Tang Chen hadn't expected that there would be an Asura-chosen inheritor even on Sea God Island. He immediately understood that this was not a gift from the Asura God to him, but rather a preparation for his other inheritors.
The balance within his body collapsed, and his Life reached its final end.
Zhu Zhuqing, in mid-air, was stunned when she saw this demonic sword.
Zhu Zhuqing didn't feel that the Killing Intent on this demonic sword had any effect on her body. On the contrary, looking at this longsword, a strong impulse immediately arose in her heart. Her hands uncontrollably lifted on their own, and between her palms, the same red demonic patterns appeared. A cold aura extended all the way to her shoulders, and that demonic sword seemed to form a perfect tacit understanding with Zhu Zhuqing.
"What's going on!" Zhu Zhuqing suddenly awoke, and with a flash of her figure, she instantly appeared on the other side of the Sea Middle Sea, her eyes fixed on the Asura Demon Sword in Tang Chen's hand, both longing and wary.
Pfft.
Tang Chen spat out another mouthful of blood, all of it spraying onto the Asura Demon Sword. "Is this your new inheritor? Decades like a dream, and in the end, I'm still making preparations for others?"
"So be it, so be it." Tang Chen laughed uproariously, and in his laughter, his expression was extremely painful, with drops of blood tears constantly flowing from the corners of his eyes. "Bo Saixi, in the end, to be able to see you and spend a few more days with you, I am already content. My time has come. I'm sorry, I failed you!"
A brilliant, ultimate blood-red light burst forth from his body, and countless vast energies, like silk being drawn from cocoons, continuously merged into the Asura Demon Sword in his hand.
"Young one, your will is firm. You are very fortunate to have received the God's recognition. I have already walked the detours for you. Hold this sword, and I hope you can reach the end."
Tang Chen's body withered, and at the very end, he seemed to use all his strength to fiercely throw the Asura Demon Sword in his hand.
Clang!
The Asura Demon Sword landed steadily in front of Zhu Zhuqing, with half its blade embedded in the ground. Zhu Zhuqing subconsciously took a step back.
"Tang Chen!" Large drops of tears streamed down Bo Saixi's face. She tightly embraced Tang Chen's corpse, sitting there as if she were in a daze.
"Senior, please accept our condolences." Although Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan did not know Tang Chen, Bo Saixi's sorrow was palpable. All they could do was offer soft comfort.
Bo Saixi seemed not to hear the two girls' voices and remained in a daze, holding Tang Chen.
Dugu Yan shook her head, leaped across the Sea Middle Sea, and arrived beside Zhu Zhuqing. Looking at the blood-red greatsword in front of them, and feeling the dense Killing Intent within it, her face couldn't help but turn slightly pale. She retreated behind Zhu Zhuqing before saying, "Zhuqing, judging from the few words spoken by that Senior just now, you seem to have gained the recognition of a God named Asura God. He told you to hold this sword. Could it be that you will receive the Asura God's assessment, just like Lingling?"
"I'm not sure either." Zhu Zhuqing examined the Asura Demon Sword in front of her. "I do feel a sense of tacit understanding from this sword, and this tacit understanding comes from the Slaughter God Domain."
"Didn't Shi Quan say before that Slaughter City seems to be a God's Legacy ground? Is it possible that passing the test of Slaughter City is equivalent to gaining the God's recognition?"
Zhu Zhuqing said hesitantly, "Many people have passed through Slaughter City. Hu Liena and Tang San of Spirit Hall both passed through Slaughter City earlier than me. Does that mean they also received the Asura God's recognition?"
"Zhuqing, Yan Yan." Ye Lingling's voice came from afar. She had rushed over as soon as she sensed the commotion here.
"What happened?" Ye Lingling's attention was immediately drawn to Bo Saixi and the Asura Demon Sword in front of Zhu Zhuqing.
The two girls then recounted what had happened to Ye Lingling.
"If I'm not mistaken, this greatsword should be a Divine Artifact, just like the Sea God Trident in my hand."
"Divine Artifact?"
The two girls looked at Ye Lingling in surprise.
Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan didn't know much about Gods. Ye Lingling, during her seventh test, had been thoroughly taught about Gods, divine tests, and Divine Artifacts by Bo Saixi, so she knew much more than the two girls.
After telling the two girls what she knew, Ye Lingling continued, "According to the Grand Priestess's previous words, and based on the current situation, this sword is the Asura God's weapon, and also the condensation of some of the Asura God's divine force. If you can gain its recognition, you will take a crucial step towards becoming the Asura God."
"Each God's method of selecting an inheritor should be different, but I can confirm that such an opportunity only comes once. If you don't get the recognition, it means failure, and the God will give up. As for whether there will be any punishment, I'm not sure."
"Since a God's Legacy has been delivered right to our doorstep, we naturally can't give up." Dugu Yan patted Zhu Zhuqing's shoulder encouragingly, "It's just a sword, isn't it? With our Zhuqing's ability, it's nothing that can't be easily handled...